Pre-Type Rating Reading
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Pre-Type Rating Reading
Evening All,
I'm due to start my first type rating, on the Dash 8, in a couple of weeks' time and being all young and eager, I'm interested in getting in some study before I start.
Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations with regards to any books that may be useful that I could get into before the groundschool starts?
Many thanks.
I'm due to start my first type rating, on the Dash 8, in a couple of weeks' time and being all young and eager, I'm interested in getting in some study before I start.
Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations with regards to any books that may be useful that I could get into before the groundschool starts?
Many thanks.
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See if your company will throw you a set of their SOP's as well. Sit in an armchair and find a quiet room where no one can hear you. Imagine you are doing a flight from start to finish and go through all of the checks - before start, after start, take off, passing 10,000' etc etc etc. Knowing SOP's will make life a hell of a lot easier during the sim sessions and will save your bacon come PC time.
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Hey congradulations on starting your DHC8 type rating, my first rating was on the DHC8, I have over 2200 hours on type now.
The largest thing I flew before the dash was light twin. The dash 8 has most of the features a big jet has. This can become very overwelming to get to know so many new systems in 12 days. They go through things very fast, we were covering 2-3 systems a day in ground school. I suggest you buy a book on introduction to turbine flying. Get to know how hydraulics works, electricals work ect.
Try to memorize all the memory items, calls for sims (found in the SOP), all the speeds (stuff like flap retract speed limits, max speed with gear down, stuff like that), all limitations. Memorize the schematic for the electricals. Memorize what items are on the left hydraulics and whats on the right hydraulics. Ask the center which airports they will be using in the sim and read over the approach plates, review stuff like hold entries.
Its a hectic course. Where will you be doing your rating?
Good luck..
The largest thing I flew before the dash was light twin. The dash 8 has most of the features a big jet has. This can become very overwelming to get to know so many new systems in 12 days. They go through things very fast, we were covering 2-3 systems a day in ground school. I suggest you buy a book on introduction to turbine flying. Get to know how hydraulics works, electricals work ect.
Try to memorize all the memory items, calls for sims (found in the SOP), all the speeds (stuff like flap retract speed limits, max speed with gear down, stuff like that), all limitations. Memorize the schematic for the electricals. Memorize what items are on the left hydraulics and whats on the right hydraulics. Ask the center which airports they will be using in the sim and read over the approach plates, review stuff like hold entries.
Its a hectic course. Where will you be doing your rating?
Good luck..
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Hi Rich, congratulations to you.
Remember the course is designed to get you through, not trip you up. It will be intense but manageable. You'll have more manuals than you know what to do with, but try and focus on learning limitations and company SOPs. These will stand you in very good stead when you get to the sim.
The best advice would be to find someone in your company who has recently been through the TR course, and get all the information you can from them.
Could give you chapter and verse on the Q400, but it probably wouldn't help too much - about the only thing in common with the earlier models is the seats!
Remember the course is designed to get you through, not trip you up. It will be intense but manageable. You'll have more manuals than you know what to do with, but try and focus on learning limitations and company SOPs. These will stand you in very good stead when you get to the sim.
The best advice would be to find someone in your company who has recently been through the TR course, and get all the information you can from them.
Could give you chapter and verse on the Q400, but it probably wouldn't help too much - about the only thing in common with the earlier models is the seats!
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Study materials.
Hi Blueskyrich,
Get the Flight Manual or whatever your company may call it, and get all pof the limitations down pat. Then study the check lists with the Memory Items as a must. After that be very familiar with the check lists, and you will have no problems.
The course itself is there to teach you the systems so the more you know beforehand about the rest of the stuff the more time you will have to enjoy the course and learn the airplane well.
Good Luck.
Speedbird 48.
Get the Flight Manual or whatever your company may call it, and get all pof the limitations down pat. Then study the check lists with the Memory Items as a must. After that be very familiar with the check lists, and you will have no problems.
The course itself is there to teach you the systems so the more you know beforehand about the rest of the stuff the more time you will have to enjoy the course and learn the airplane well.
Good Luck.
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Congrats!
As Speedbird said, make sure you know what you're supposed to know on forehand. You're not expected to know the plane before you do the course, but you are expected to know all the little rules about IFR flying, all the generic stuff: timings, how to fly various full procedures etc. It's a nuisance to know that you're being tested on the plane's systems if you're feeling that flying the procedures is taking most of your capacity.
Make sure there are no questionmarks about this and you'll be able to concentrate fully on learning the plane!
/LnS
As Speedbird said, make sure you know what you're supposed to know on forehand. You're not expected to know the plane before you do the course, but you are expected to know all the little rules about IFR flying, all the generic stuff: timings, how to fly various full procedures etc. It's a nuisance to know that you're being tested on the plane's systems if you're feeling that flying the procedures is taking most of your capacity.
Make sure there are no questionmarks about this and you'll be able to concentrate fully on learning the plane!
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Get a decent novel.
You'll be so sick of reading manuals on the course, you'll need to balance it with something unrelated . . .
That or a few copies of FHM or Viz !
Works for me anyway . . .
You'll be so sick of reading manuals on the course, you'll need to balance it with something unrelated . . .
That or a few copies of FHM or Viz !
Works for me anyway . . .
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Possibly out of print, but "Fly the Wing" written by Eastern Airlines DC-9 training and check captain Jim Webb is a good guide for any pilot about to do a type rating. It has an excellent chapter on how to study systems and prepare oneself. Good used copies are available and reasonably cheap.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...0292704&sr=1-1
I also suggest:
- Most training centres/sim centres should provide you with a cockpit poster. If not search the web for "paper trainer" or "cockpit poster" for your type. It is invaluable to stick them up in your study, sit in your chair and do touch drills for memory items and abnormal checklists.
- Might not sound like good learning theory, but you CAN commit a checklist to memory without having to understand it! Likewise for standard calls during takeoff, rejected takeoff, EFATO, approach, instrument approach, go around, etc.
- Revise your AIP or Jeppesen for any new rules that apply to your aircraft, that is, if it is now heavier/faster/flies in different airspace to your current aircraft.
- Revise your generic systems knowledge from ATPL theory.
Good luck!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...0292704&sr=1-1
I also suggest:
- Most training centres/sim centres should provide you with a cockpit poster. If not search the web for "paper trainer" or "cockpit poster" for your type. It is invaluable to stick them up in your study, sit in your chair and do touch drills for memory items and abnormal checklists.
- Might not sound like good learning theory, but you CAN commit a checklist to memory without having to understand it! Likewise for standard calls during takeoff, rejected takeoff, EFATO, approach, instrument approach, go around, etc.
- Revise your AIP or Jeppesen for any new rules that apply to your aircraft, that is, if it is now heavier/faster/flies in different airspace to your current aircraft.
- Revise your generic systems knowledge from ATPL theory.
Good luck!
